Thursday, March 17, 2016

[2016.03.18] THE ASSASSIN WINS BIG AT THE 10TH ASIAN FILM AWARDS

Fresh out of the oven Best Actor, INSIDE MEN's Lee Byung-Hun and Best Actress, THE ASSASSIN's Shu Qi flash smiles of victory

PORT OF CALL's Jessie Li wins Best Newcomer

Yoo Ah-In hopes to play even more good characters to thank everyone for the Rising Star Award

JOURNEY TO THE SHORE's Tadanobu Asano excitedly raises his Best Supporting Actor award

THE ASSASSIN's Zhou Yun wins Best Supporting Actress

THE ASSASSIN's Hou Hsiao-Hsien wins Best Director

Shu Qi has multiple Best Actress nominations for THE ASSASSIN

Clara Lee blows a kiss to the crowd

Ivana Wong and Hins Cheung will team up for a concert

Vivian Sung and Ko Chen-Tung

Masatoshi Nagase and Lifetime Achievement Award winner Kirin Kiki

Xenia Chong

Cherry Ngan and Taiwan star Cheng Jen-Shuo

Gigi Leung

Johnnie To, Sophie Marceau, Gao Yuanyuan

Apink are the guest performers

Yoo Ah-In

Hirokazu Koreeda does not make movies to win awards. He only enjoys the process.

Apink

Lee Byung-Hun shows off his English in interviews
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Xenia Chong

Shu Qi

Apink

Clara Lee

Sophie Marceau

Vivian Sung

Cherry Ngan

The right handed Lee Byung-Hun has to be left handed in his new film

Yoo Ah-In grew up with Hong Kong films and longs to work in Hong Kong

Ivana Wong and Hins Cheung
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The 10th Asian Film Award red carpet took place last night
at the Venetian Macao. Hong Kong representative Xenia Chong stole the
spotlight. She said that because of the material tape would make the
dress to heavy. Did her boyfriend Steven Cheung Chi Hung act up? She
said, "He said he couldn't even look!"

Shu Qi played a village woman in her new film. Would she perform
without make up? She said, "Kind of, I don't really have to use make
up, but I had to go by stages. In the final stage I would have to make
my face dirty." She also said that the director did not want her to be
too thin, so she was asked to gain weight. For the award show though she
dropped the weight again.

Korean star Clara Lee was the host. She joked that she was more
nervous about being the host than wearing all the expensive jewelry.
Clara said that she might have been breaking out because she was so
nervous. Cherry Ngan Cheuk Ling was nominated for Best Supporting Actress
with MOJIN: THE LOST LEGEND. She said that on the team only she and
several workers were from Hong Kong, so she felt very honored.

Korean hunks Lee Byung-Hun and Yoo Ah-In yesterday attended the
10th Asian Film Award's media interview in Macau. Lee Byung-Hun was
nominated for Best Actor with INSIDE MEN. As a guest presenter he never
thought about being nominated this year, and he hoped to have a chance to
work with Donnie Yen Chi Tan in the future. Speaking of losing his right
hand in INSIDE and having to act with his left hand, he stated that even
eating was a problem. However he thought that even with a flaw he would
not have a problem. As for working in Hollywood, he joked that someone
had to ask him first. Earlier he was rumored to have a part in the John
Woo (Ng Yu Sum) directed MANHUNT, he said that he still has not decided
yet. As for the Oscars being accused of discrimination against Asians,
Lee Byung-Hun said that perhaps the minority they were referring to were
not Asians.

Yoo Ah-In felt very honored to received the "Next Generation
Award". Growing up watching Hong Kong films, he hoped to have a chance to
come to work on a movie in Hong Kong. The hit Korean series DESCENDANTS
OF THE SUN starred his friends Song Hye-Kyo and Song Joong-Ki. He also
guest starred. When asked if he would like to have a pose off with Song
Joong-Ki, he said that he was not as handsome as Song!

Singer Ivana Wong Yuen Chi and Hins Cheung King Hin walked the
red carpet together. Ivana was asked if she was pregnant. She smiled and
said, "I am pregnant, with fat. It's from desserts, I just had too many!"
Hin Jai joked that she seemed to want to have 10 kids and would need HK$
40 million to be able to raise them. Then he said, "But you can make that
back with one movie!" Ivana said, "Then I have to work with you to be
able to!"

Japanese director Hirokazu Koreeda was nominated for Best Director
with OUR LITTLE SISTER. Was he confident? Hirokazu Koreeda said that he
was surprised to see so many reporters. He was happy to meet directors
and actors of many different nations at the event, he already felt
honored and fortunate to be nominated. He only enjoyed the production
process and not after the award. Among the nominated films he only saw
Jia Zhangke's MOUNTAINS MAY DEPART at the Cannes Film Festival; however he
really admired Taiwan director Hou Hsiao-Hsien. Although Hou was younger
than him, he was a director who was very worth respecting. Hou
Hsiao-Hsien's work introduced him to Taiwan and China.

Hirokazu Koreeda would like to work with non Japanese actors. He
said that working with actors of different nationalities would be very
exciting. He would like to work with Korean actor Song Kang-Ho. He said,
"Earlier I met him in Busan and Seoul, I thought that he is a charming
star of the people."